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Adelphi series launching new title: Afghanistan: To 2015 and Beyond
Edited by Toby Dodge and Nicholas Redman
The Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) launched the newest title in the Adelphi series on Wednesday 11th January 2012 at their London office.
As the international security forces prepare to depart from Afghanistan, the latest Adelphi book turns attention to the ability of a ravaged country to tackle its myriad security problems, overcome crippling poverty and corruption and somehow revive its devastated economy.
This volume draws together expert analysis to provide a comprehensive study of the obstacles that Afghanistan must overcome, as it charts a slow course back to functional statehood.
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Adelphi series 424: Cyberspace and the State: Toward a strategy for cyber-power
Edited by David J. Betz and Tim Stevens
This Adelphi tackles the range of issues raised by our dependence on digital networks.
It considers how instantaneous, global communications are challenging national and social orders and what shape those challenges may take as the net is cast ever wider.
Comparing the transformations of the Information Age with those of previous generations, when new technologies and emerging transnational threats spread panic in political and strategic circles, the authors examine the real implications for states and statehood.
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Durban's surprise climate deal: progress, but gaps remain
The latest round of climate negotiations in Durban, South Africa, ended in a cliff-hanger in the early hours of 11 December.
A last-minute huddle on the conference floor produced an unexpected agreement to extend the Kyoto Protocol, and a commitment to produce a replacement for it. Though the deal failed to meet what many see as the minimum cut in emissions needed to limit global warming to no more than 2°C, it was probably the best outcome that could have been hoped for given current political and economic constraints.
By agreeing to keep talking, participants at least kept the prospect of effective long-term action alive.
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